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lieutenant took three days to dig the bomb out of soft soil, work made even more dangerous by a fire at a fractured gas main. Wylie and his team placed the recovered bomb on a lorry, which was driven to Hackney Marshes, where the bomb was detonated, leaving a crater 100 feet (30 m) wide. The citation from a supplement to the London Gazette of 27 September 1940 (dated 30 September 1940) reads:
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1942531 Sapper George Cameron Wylie, Royal Engineers.
The actual discovery and removal of the bomb fell to him. Sapper Wylie"s untiring energy, courage, and disregard for danger were an outstanding example to his comrades.
